PANZERARTILLERIE: FIREPOWER
FOR THE PANZER DIVISIONS
by Thomas Anderson
The
Panzerartillerie was one of the key components of the Panzer
divisions that were the spearhead of the German forces when
they overran most of Western Europe, and reached as far as
the gates of Moscow in the East. The Blitzkrieg required
fast-moving, mobile artillery that could support units at
the front line, and the Panzerartillerie provided that for
the Wehrmacht. The Allies had no answer or equivalent to
them until the US entry into the war. Drawing on original
material, including some images that have never been
published before, armour expert Thomas Anderson explores the
formation and development of this force from its early days
in the 1930s, through the glory days of Blitzkrieg warfare
to its eventual decline in the face of the challenges of the
Eastern Front.
SPITFIRE: THE EXPERIENCES OF
A BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER PILOT
by Brian Lane
The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire
pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Brian Lane was only 23 when he when
he wrote his dramatic account of life as a Spitfire pilot
during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Lane was
an 'ace' with six enemy 'kills' to his credit and was
awarded the DFC for bravery in combat. Here we can read,
exactly what it was like to 'scramble', to shoot down
Messerschmitts, Heinkels, Dorniers and Stukas and how it
felt to lose comrades every day.
In 2006 the
title 'Highlanders' finally disappeared from the British
Army's list of infantry regiments after nearly 270 years.
Throughout this period Scottish Highland units distinguished
themselves in battle, but it was in the 19th-century heyday
of the British Empire that they acquired an elite reputation
and their colourful uniforms evolved to their full
complexity. This book traces and explains the identity and
appearance of the individual regiments throughout Queen
Victoria's reign, illustrating a wide variety of their home
service uniforms with engravings, paintings, photographs,
and full colour plates.
New in card cover - A4 format, 48pp,
numerous colour plates & b/w illustrations
Published by the BBC to
accompany the BAFTA winning BBC TV series. A fresh look at
how the Nazis came to power exposing some of the popular
myths. The book describes the horrors of the Eastern Front
including the occupation and division of Poland, the growth
of anti-semitism to its culmination in the gas chambers of
Treblinka and Auschwitz. With a foreword by Professor Ian
Kershaw.
Good in edge-creased card covers- 256pp Numerous photographs
A study
of the Luftwaffe's four-engined long range bomber and its
attacks on Allied shipping. The author examines the Condor's
reconnaissance and bombing role from the early sinking of
the "Empress of Britain", to its transport role at the end
of WWII.
Good in d/w -
192pp, 43 illustrations, bibliography, index
